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To this day it's more entertaining than most, in great part because it has James Cagney in the lead role as a musical prologue producer under a
succession
of deadlines and sheltered from all storms by his trusty "girl Friday" played by Joan Blondell.
It's rather a
succession
of surrealistic happenings, nightmares and meetings.
Aside from the rather off-putting shags, the movie is a
succession
of scenes that set up punchlines but never deliver.
The horrific pan and scan video print that we all grew up with seemed to be a
succession
of dank and dreary night scenes, and poorly composed night scenes at that.
What's a poor aging biddy to do...except knock off a
succession
of equally aged housekeeper-companions, steal their cash and plant their remains in the garden?
However darkness cannot hide the film's defects.The film maker has surely not done his homework well due to which viewers are forced to watch a crude
succession
of abominably cruel scenes in which women are traded like cattle.Most of the actors too suffer in this film as their roles have not been defined properly.Recommendation:better watch this film and be bitter about it rather than being sullen without having seen it.
This movie is a typical example of something I see a lot in anime; a
succession
of fights strung together by some vague story.
They look like an army of criminals with their fists thrusting upward and chanting his name as if they had practiced to chant it in perfect
succession
beforehand.
Aside from the dubious morality of this so-called comedy, wit and suggestion are so far out of the writers' reach that this is a laugh-free
succession
of unappealing sex scenes and leaden filler, topped off with a charmless cast.
Despite his occasional appearance in the films of major directors like Max Ophuls, Jacques Becker and Jean Renoir, from the 1950s onwards Jean Gabin seemed content to rely simply on his effortlessly charismatic screen persona and elevate an apparently interminable
succession
of old-fashioned potboilers which, while undeniably enjoyable in themselves, now seem like a regrettable waste of this monumental French film star.
Moorehead is a kick as the spirited author, and makes the most of her expanded role, but fans of the early film productions (1926's The Bat and 1930's The Bat Whispers, both directed by Roland West) will be less forgiving of other changes, especially writer-director Crane Wilbur's decision to draw the story out over a
succession
of nights.
In this musicalized version of Arthur Richman's play "The Awful Truth", filmed as a straight comedy in 1937, Wyman wears a
succession
of shoulder-exposing, low-cut cocktail dresses and fur-lined evening wear, yet her wardrobe doesn't match her personality; Wyman's short, old-lady bob and her harried little face never give the impression she's having a good time.
I just rented superman 1 2 and 3 and watched them in succession. 1 and 2 rule of course.... but this piece of " needs to be banished from video stores everywhere.
With focused narration and voice-tapes from others in Judy's life, director Susan Lacy is able to put into perspective the ill-fated early marriages, the on-set troubles, and the
succession
of comebacks.
He isn't particularly worried, as there are others in line for
succession
well before him.
It's horrendous repetitive
succession
of sketches.
One of them even gets carded at a bar and pulls out a long
succession
of fake ID yet it is obvious he is over 21.
A tyrannical Secretary of Defense who wants to kill everyone, starting with the President, in order of
succession
so he can lead the country?
I never been on the line of drama before, but i don't know what was happened, i finished this movie with a
succession
on my mind.
This sophisticated melodrama from a Noel Coward play is clearly unsuited to Hitchcock's particular talents: the initial court-room sequence is the best, allowing the director to experiment with camera technique (especially his creative use of the dissolve to jump from the present into the past and back again); the rest is a
succession
of clichéd situations, making it a rather tedious whole.
"For Your Consideration" seems to be Guest's attempt to move back toward more-demanding film directing, as it leaves the documentary style behind in favor of more typical visual film fare, has more narrative structure than his previous films ("A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show"), and even seems more comedically designed in that the scenes are built to a single joke rather than the rapid-fire
succession
of them in his mockumentaries.
With a heavy and stifling bureaucracy and the prospect of a dynastic political succession, sheer lack of hope drove hundreds of thousands of Egyptians onto the streets.
Since then, South Korean intelligence institutions have been assessing Kim Jong-il’s ability to organize an orderly dynastic
succession.
A disciplined
succession
plan is needed because Kim is 68 and in bad health (and thus unlikely to still be holding power in 2012, the year he targeted for North Korea to become a “Strong and Prosperous Country”).
Le Pen is only too happy to capitalize on the
succession
of petty scandals hitting both the left and the right (attributable partly to the climate of near-civil war prevailing in both camps in recent years).
Finally, different clans around the president have long been trying to promote their own candidates for
succession.
One reason why a dynastic
succession
is taking place is that Kim Il-sung created a national ideology, Juche, which mixes communism and autarky with a heavy dose of Confucian values.
Moreover, the two share the same lineage of the Great Leader, or Suryong,linked to Kim Jong-suk on the maternal side, and are fully devoted to the absolute supremacy of the Suryong and hereditary
succession.
For China, the institutionalization of leadership
succession
was one of Deng Xiaoping’s most important legacies, signaling an end to the wrenching instability of the chaotic leadership cult of Mao Zedong.
To figure out what will change under a different framework for leadership succession, it is important to cut through the authorities’ opaque rhetoric – the “moderately well-off society” transitioning into the “new era” – and stress-test their basic development strategy.
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